My Malaysia truly Asia

15 awesome and less awsome things about Malaysia

I browsed my old photos from my travels today and I realized, that I've been in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) just about a year ago. So I thought why not posting some interesting and funny pics about that lovely Asian country that I've taken during my three stays there (in 2005, 2007, 2008/09). So here's something for you: 15 unusual things I've encountered while traveling around Malaysia. People who know me, know that I love that country, therefore please don't think that I want to show it in a bad light. I've written about your country a lot already (check the labels) - this is just for fun. I put the pics in the following cathegories: Engrish, Awsome, Tsk tsk tsk and Uniquely Malaysia. Enjoy :)

1 Uniquely Malaysia: You won't see politicians wrapped in flags in my country :P I wonder what my Malaysian friend Zewt thinks about this. I have no idea what the party stands for. But I must say - they look dynamic :P


2. Uniquely Malaysia: Yes, you have Miami beach in Penang Malaysia. Awesome! I think I saw Pamela Anderson swimming there in a red suit. But I'm not too sure :P

3. Uniquely Malaysia: Mat rempit a.k.a. illegal street racers look like the two on the motorcycles. I'm not too sure, if those two do that, because while I was in Penang, they usually raced on Friday and Saturday evenings and because of them I couldn't sleep :( Malaysian motorcyclists are fearless: Be it torrential rains or scorching sun, they will move forward somehow :)

4. Awesome Malaysia: Tak nak ("don't want") would be loosely translated as Say no, in this case to smoking. I think the banner is cool and convincing. :P What do you think?

5. Engrish? No, although it sounds like the English slang term 'hoe' (a promiscuous person), it has nothing to do with that. It's a romanization of a company name in Chinese, probably Hokkien. Am I right? :P

6. Uniquely Malaysia: Malaysians love to modify cars. I've seen a lot of them, many in Hello Kitty style, but there's quite few with the Doraemon (famous Japanese anime) style. You won't see this here :)

7. Engrish! Yes, this one does have the grammar messed up a little. But for me, it was more funny to see that there's nobody working on anything, hehe. Maybe it was just a day off for the workers. I'm sure they worked tirelessly the next day, when I wasn't there :P

8. Awesome Malaysia: This piece of art near the Petronas twin towers is entirely made of empty soft drink cans. It's pretty cool, isn't it? :)

9. Uniquely Malaysia: This is a ficus benjamina, a plant that is commonly found in our offices in huge flower pots. You would never find this plant outside in the ground here. But Malaysia has a tropical climate and these things grow from the ground just like that. Amazing :)

10. Engrish: I think there's a "th" too much. :) And in Malaysia, the Christmas is always warm(th), hehe. Not like here, where I'm freezing my butt off -_- The second pic is from Genting and it's awesome, right? :)

11. Tsk tsk tsk Malaysia: I saw this after we parked the car under the First World Hotel in Genting, the famous Malaysian mountain resort. Numbers of call girls are all over the walls. :(

12. Awesome Malaysia: This is like a small indoor theme park and when I was snapping a pic of that colorful whale-like monorail floating thingy, happy Malaysians waved at me. You can be sure, that Malaysians are very friendly and funny people. They have a lot of fun especially in groups :)

13. Tsk tsk tsk Malaysia: This is something I didn't like about the country: littering. And this one is especially bad, because it's near a temple and at Chinese new year. I've seen Malaysians throwing trash on the streets or even from the car very lightly. I'm not saying my country is the cleanest, but Malaysia has a lot of room for improvement in this regard ;)

14. Awesome Malaysia: I think this guy is cool :) Enjoying his ride without the need of an aircon, which is a must-have in every Malaysian car. And yes, you will see things like that in my country, too. But not in the city, more in the country side :)

In conclusion: I've written this post to somehow round up my whole Malaysia experience. From all the foreign countries I've ever been, I've stayed the longest in Malaysia, that's why it's been a second home to me and it'll always hold a special place in my heart. But in 2010 I will turn a new page in my book. I will go to another beautiful Asian country and I hope it will become my new second home. You can be sure that I will write a lot about my life there. Hope everything goes well. And if you haven't yet figured out which country I mean, check this photo.

Thanks to everyone, who made my Malaysia-experience unique and unforgettable. I'm moving on. my future is elsewhere. But I hope to visit Malaysia again one day :)

[My MALAYSIA page][All photos by MKL, 2007/09]